@richtea999 said:
As an option, not as default. Sometimes I want a waypoint to be off-road, because the map isn't accurate or the point isn't mapped.
I can understand why it might have originally received a dismissive reply - it's quite tricky to describe, let alone code.
Making decisions for inexperienced users is OK, but it might need to zoom in and offer options to the user:
'Which side of the dual carriageway did you want to snap to?'
'When you clicked vaguely near that main road, did you mean that tiny backroad 50m south of it?'
'You clicked on a body of water. I've randomly picked the north road because it's closer, even though it's not a main road. OK/Cancel?'
But the pros:
great for new users
less discussion about routes going wrong on the forum!
Others, such as Kurviger have implemented this feature. I would suggest that if you want the best off-road navigation experience you try DMD2.
Why not set a default e.g. snap to road and then allow the user to set a flag to unsnap specific points and move them off the road when needed. Or a toggle, snap all points to road on/off etc. etc.
I'd much rather there was a "sensible"*** default and then options to change the default as required. At the moment we just get a default and that's it.
*** of course, we'll never be able to agree on what's sensible
